The protesters aren't asking to halt tourist projects, they just want a government and developments that respect the law
Mind the gap. That’s the key takeaway from the European Commission’s Albania 2025 report, which the European Parliament approved last week.
Both the Commission and Parliament found myriad ways to highlight the space between candidate Albania’s laws, policies, and strategies on the one side, and their implementation on the other.
In that gap, flamingos roam. The mass protests in Albania have entered their fourth week with no sign of losing steam. The government’s efforts to label them as pro-Greek, pro-Serb, pro-Iranian, or anti-Semitic have not stemmed the rising tide. Neither has the use of vulgarity or a bizarrely narcissistic song.
Dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution” after the birds at risk from a luxury tourist development, the protesters focus their ire on what they view as a corrupt political elite that turns public land into private gain.
